Gilbert Garcia Garcia

Just sayin...

You can't rely on mood, can't rely on motivation. Screw motivation!

You can relay on structure, habits and pushing yourself to do hard stuff.

Teaching yourself to conquer difficult, painful physical workouts raises your level of resilience, Grit and "No quit mindset" when life gets really hard.

This is just us being proud of ourselves as dad at 49

Hope that makes sense.

#49

Here's a teenager lesson for you...

And I believe most adults, if anything also get confused and get overwhelmed with what and how their own physical form, health and abilities should feel like or look like.

We somehow kinda lose our own agency because of the noises and variables in our environment.

So have a self inventory... what truly is that happy version of you physically, mentally and emotionally look and feel like.

Not your best-friend's, not that next person in the gym, and defo not what you always see in the internet.

Your values, character, behavior and attitude should be geared towards your own "your own personal pursuit"

Make sure it's yours🥰💪🏽

Devotion to physical training and self improvement, I believe is simpatico...

It should compliment each other.
Self improvement starts with the physical being as it enriches the mind and soul. And as one gets fitter, leaner and stronger. It must in turn elevate self worth and respect for others.

As you learnt and experience the struggle, sacrifices and hardship of achieving a high performing physique, it should in turn develop character and empathy for others. In my opinion 🥰🙏🏻

Happy training 💪🏽

I find it interestingly strange being 49...

Everyone my age that I know is living in a different time line...

Some are already grandparents.
Some are still dating 25 yr olds.
Some celebrated 2 decades of marriage.
Most of them looks like they just survive WW2.
And sadly, 4 of them have already passed ☠️

Meanwhile, am still around & grateful for being like one of those suspiciously lean and fit older people🥰💪🏽😅

Oki bye

It's mind blowing for me that most adults, especially if you are a parent that you can't self regulate when it comes decision making for a smarter & healthier food options.

Yet you go out making big decisions towards your jobs, businesses and family. But you can't make good decisions to putting your health and fitness in top priority.

And that leads down to what practices and behavior you are passing down to your children.

Grow up!

What's happening with people's common sense these days..?

The idea of getting fit, lean and healthy is to stay fit, lean and healthy the rest of your life. So you keep the habits, skills and behavior you acquire that you there wherever you are and whatever season of life you're in.

Unless you're happy to go back to old habits and behavior that got you unhealthy, unfit and fat!

grow up!

Let your body be an instrument, and not and ornament.

A lot of great looking trainers gets a bad wrap because majority of amazing looking trainers portray a bad wrap. They look physically impressive, however kindness and humility seem to decline as their physical being achieve its highest form.

Let's not forget why we are here for in the first place... to use our experience and wisdom to uplift others and evolve to a much amplified human in physical, mental, social and emotional being.

If you're triggered then that's a signal.
It hurts...

So what are you gonna do about it ?

This not a parenting advice. This is an observation and a comparison to how we raise our teenager. And am not saying is the best and effective approach, but I do have a testimony of how my daughter is becoming as a young adult.

And her mother and I have the confidence and peace in our heart that she has a hi sense of herself, grounded, determined, doesn't crumble at the sight of discomfort and adversity... she will persevere and push through difficulties.

And that's way beyond what luxury and money can offer her in this life.

Almost everyone in my life knows how much I brag about my daughter, coz I am beyond proud form the little girl she was into a young strong, centered and resilient woman she is becoming... Given the conflicts and adversities her mother and I encountered during her earliest childhood.

And her mother and I have so much pride to say, that despite the struggles and long distance... we have somehow managed to provide our daughter the love, the presence and discipline she needed to surpass the lack of both parents under one roof. That she is growing up with a solid foundation built from early grounding of house rules, awareness, responsibilities, consequences and rewards. That our actions and behaviors will determine what we will receive back in life or from other people.

And some parent/s would hate to admit this... when they see their teenagers in that stage that lacks structure, organization, accountability and Self awareness. Because they've not been firm with with early groundings of taking some small responsibilities or they themselves have not been a good role model when it comes to looking after their physical and mental fitness.

Most teenagers am encountering here in Dubai are spoilt, entitled and they crumble in the very sight of small conflict and they don't know how to address it.

This kids needs to learn responsibilities at home, simple as they should be cleaning their own room, tidy after themselves or wash their own dishes. Sounds so simplistic but builds character; humility.

So they don't grow up cocky, entitled pricks!

Just sayin...

Suppressed emotions, frustrations and unresolved conversations when chronically disregarded, Eventually find its way to steam out and it stinks 💩 like a motha....r! And it will not only mess your psycho-emotional well being but it will physically hurt you in the process. Unresolved and unregulated emotions can manifest as physical pain where no diagnosis nor medical exam can figure out.

Esp us men... cos we're scared to be labeled as "it's unmanly" but what's more unmanly is when we don't know how to confront our own demons and work on it, it's cowardly.

Let's be better men... starts with improving our bodies. Physical fitness is somehow a catalyst for change towards mental and emotional calibration.

Happy days 🥰